Michio Kaku
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BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist at the City College of New York, a best-selling author, and a well-known popularizer of science. He’s the co-founder of string field theory (a branch of string theory) and continues Einstein’s search to unite the four fundamental forces of nature into one unified theory.

He has appeared frequently on television, written for popular science publications such as Discover, Wired, and New Scientist, been featured in documentaries such as Me & Isaac Newton, and hosted many of his own documentaries. 

His books include The Future of the Mind (2014), Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 (2012), Physics of the Impossible: A Scientific Exploration of the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (2008), Parallel Worlds (2006), Einstein’s Cosmos (2005), Visions (1999), Beyond Einstein (1995), and Hyperspace (1994), in addition to several Ph.D.-level textbooks.

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Portrait of Albert Einstein in a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side with a neutral expression.
Albert Einstein was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 for his explanation of the photoelectric effect. Einstein is generally considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century. (Read Einstein’s…
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Publications (4)
The Future of the Mind The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind
The Future of the Mind The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind (2014)
By Michio Kaku
NOW A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"Compelling....Kaku thinks with great breadth, and the vistas he presents us are worth the trip"
--The New York Times Book Review

The New York Times best-selling author of PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, PHYSICS OF THE FUTURE and HYPERSPACE tackles the most fascinating and complex object in the known universe: the human brain.

For the first time in history, the secrets of the living brain are being revealed by a battery...

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Physics of the Impossible A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Physics of the Impossible A Scientific Exploration Into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel (2009)
By Michio Kaku
Teleportation, time machines, force fields, and interstellar space ships—the stuff of science fiction or potentially attainable future technologies? Inspired by the fantastic worlds of Star Trek, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author Michio Kaku takes an informed, serious, and often surprising look at what our current understanding of the universe's physical laws may permit in the near and distant future.Entertaining, informative, and...
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Hyperspace A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension
Hyperspace A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (February 1995)
By Michio Kaku
From the renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation comes the first book-length exploration of the most exciting development in modern physics: the theory of 10-dimensional space.

"Among the best of its genre to appear in recent years...What a wonderful adventure it is, trying to think the unthinkable!" —The New York Times Book Review

The theory of hyperspace, which Michio Kaku pioneered, may be the leading candidate for the...
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Beyond Einstein The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe
Beyond Einstein The Cosmic Quest for the Theory of the Universe (September 1995)
By Michio Kaku, Jennifer Trainer Thompson
The renowned theoretical physicist and national bestselling author of The God Equation takes readers on an exciting excursion into the discoveries that have led scientists to the brightest new prospect in theoretical physics today: superstring theory. 

What is superstring theory and why is it important? This revolutionary breakthrough may well be the fulfillment of  Albert Einstein's lifelong dream of a Theory of Everything, uniting the laws of physics into a single description...
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